The Daily Record names Maryland's Top 100 Women for 2004

Daily Record, The (Baltimore), Mar 19, 2004 by Mark Cheshire

Reflecting the diversity of Maryland's economy, the 2004 winners of The Daily Record's Top 100 Women awards represent a wide range of business, government, legal and nonprofit careers.

Maryland's Top 100 Women, awarded annually since 1996, are selected by an independent panel of judges based on three criteria: professional achievement, community involvement and mentoring.

Among this year's awardees are 18 three-time winners who will join the Circle of Excellence.

The awards ceremony is May 4, beginning at 5 p.m., at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore City.

With new Circle of Excellence inductees identified with asterisks, this year's winners are:

Dr. Janet D. Allan

University of Maryland School of Nursing

Dr. Sharon Allison-Ottey

COSHAR Medical, Inc.

Nancy V. Alquist

Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

*Joan I. Athen

U.S. Department of Education

Judge Vicki Ballou-Watts

Circuit Court for Baltimore County

Joyce K. Becker

Villa Julie College

Deborah Bedwell

Baltimore Clayworks

Stephanie M. Beran

Legg Mason, Inc.

Gloria M. Berthold

Marketing Outsource Associates, Inc.

Mindy K. Binderman

Binderman & Ciekot, Inc.

Lenora L. Booth

Erickson

*Lynne G. Brick

Brick Bodies Fitness Services, Inc.

Deborah Briggs

Firaxis Games

Susan Carter Brown

Maryland League of Conservation Voters

Ellen A. Callegary

Callegary & Steedman, P.A.

Theresa A. Cameron

Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County

Judge Kathleen G. Cox

Circuit Court for Baltimore County

*Dr. Joan Develin Coley

McDaniel College

Isabel Mercedes Cumming

Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office

*Elizabeth S. Dana

DANA Insurance Services, Inc.

Victoria L. Dolan

Marriott International

First Lady Kendel Ehrlich

State of Maryland

*Lois S. Elkin

Advance Business Systems

Dorothy R. Fait

Fait & Wise, LLP

Judge Karen C. Friedman

Orphans' Court for Baltimore City

*Judith P. Fulton

Cornerstone Management

Barbara A. Funk

Maryland-National Capital

Park & Planning Commission

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater

Maryland General Assembly

Dr. Toby A. Gordon

Johns Hopkins Medicine

*Cassandra Gottlieb

Kann and Associates, Inc.

Julia W. Gouge

Board of Carroll County Commissioners

Nancy B. Grimm

Health Education Resource Organization

Marianne S. Hellauer

Piper Rudnick, LLP

*Bonnie K. Heneson

Bonnie Heneson Communications, Inc.

*Judge Marcella A. Holland

Circuit Court for Baltimore City

Linda Cunningham Janey

Maryland Department of Planning

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones

Maryland General Assembly

Anana M. Kambon

NAACP ACT-SO

Dr. Karen S. Kauffman

Life Passages Care Consultants, Inc.

*Barbara Brotman Kaylor

Gray, Kirk/VanSant Advertising, Inc.

Marie Stauffer Keegin

Frederick County Office of Economic Development

*Senator Delores Goodwin Kelley

Maryland General Assembly

Phyllis Kilby

Board of Cecil County Commissioners

Trent M. Kittleman

Maryland Department of Transportation

Karlys L. Kline

Structural Systems, Inc.

Patricia McHugh Lambert

Hodes, Ulman, Pessin & Katz, P.A.

Laura L. Lange

Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc.

Senator Gloria G. Lawlah

Maryland General Assembly

Linda Thater Layton

Law Office of Linda Thater Layton

Marlene Y. Lieb

Harford Community College

Dr. Vicki A. Lucas

MedStar Health, Inc.

*Susan S. Magazine

Magazine & Hillman, P.C.

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel

Maryland General Assembly

Becky J. Mangus

The Business Monthly, Inc.

Martina A. Martin

United Way of Central Maryland

*Lois Fenner McBride

Kahn, Smith & Collins, P.A.

Sylvia L. McGill

Greater Homewood Community Corp.

Marlene C. McLaurin

Baltimore Reads, Inc.

Dale E. Meyer

People Encouraging People, Inc.

*Patricia A. Miller

The National Institute for Conflict Resolution

Michelle Lamb Moone

The Moone Group, Inc.

Elise D. Morris

Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLC

Mayor Ellen O. Moyer

City of Annapolis

Ellen Mugmon

Children's Advocate

Laura A. Neuman

Springboard Enterprises

County Executive Janet S. Owens

Anne Arundel County

Pamela D. Paulk

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

& Johns Hopkins Health System

Alice G. Pinderhughes

Alice G. Pinderhughes, P.A.

& Pinderhughes Title, Inc.

Karren Pope-Onwukwe

Law Office of Karren Pope-Onwukwe

& Law Foundation of Prince George's County

Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold

Maryland General Assembly

*Margaret-Mary V. Preston

Mercantile Safe Deposit & Trust Company

Linda Jenkins Price

Florence Crittenton Services

of Greater Washington

Dr. Donna L. Reihl

Community College of Baltimore County

Donna M. Richardson

Comcast

Jacquelyn M. Ring

The Arc of Howard County

Susan M. Rosenbaum

Howard County Department of Citizen Services

*Senator Ida G. Ruben

Maryland General Assembly

Mary Ann Saar

MD Department of Public Safety

& Correctional Services

*Melanie R. Sabelhaus

U.S. Small Business Administration

Kathleen E. Schafer

Leadership Connection

Linda D. Schwartz

Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg, Eig, & Cooper

Louise Phipps Senft

Baltimore Mediation Center

Robin Fogel Shaivitz

Alexander & Cleaver

Linda A. Shevitz

Maryland State Department of Education

Lillie Shockney

The Johns Hopkins Breast Center

Dr. Lois M. Shofer

Retired Professor & Founding Clinic Director,

Community College of Baltimore County

Robin Silver

Miles & Stockbridge, P.C.

Anna L. Smith

M&T Bank

Judge Carol E. Smith

Circuit Court for Baltimore City